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World thunderstorm 'map' key to assessing climate change
2015-02-09 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] The Doomsday Clock, which measures the likelihood of global catastrophe, last week ticked a minute closer to “midnight”—- the apocalypse. The symbolic clock was set to 11:57 by a board of atomic scientists featuring 17 Nobel Laureates, who warned that the planet, beset by climate change and nuclear proliferation, faced extraordinary and undeniable threats to its continued existence. New research by Prof. Colin Price of Tel Aviv University's Department of Geoscie…
AECOM Wins Leading Environmental And Climate Change Industry Awards
2015-02-09 05:24:01| pollutiononline Home Page
AECOM has been awarded three major environmental and climate change industry Awards from the Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) and Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ). AECOM is a premier, fully integrated infrastructure and support services firm with a leading global environmental practice
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Supersonic dreams hit by climate change
2015-02-09 01:04:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
What passenger planes will look like in the future
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Lawmakers take step toward fulfilling state climate change goals
2015-02-08 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: State lawmakers are preparing a sweeping package of bills that would fulfill several of Gov. Jerry Brown's climate change objectives by increasing California's reliance on renewable energy and alternative transportation fuels. The proposals would also require state pension funds, the two largest public systems in the country, to divest from coal companies. And they would create an advisory committee aimed at turning energy policies into new jobs. The introduction of the bills on Tuesday will...
State looks at health impact of climate change
2015-02-07 22:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star Tribune: Minnesotans will suffer from more asthma, respiratory problems, cardiovascular disease and such bug-borne diseases as West Nile virus and Lyme disease as climate change takes hold across the Upper Midwest, according to a new report from the Minnesota Health Department. Its the latest in a series of vulnerability assessments that Gov. Mark Dayton ordered from his Cabinet to prepare Minnesota for the inevitable. The 98-page Minnesota Climate and Health Profile Report says that health risks are...
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